Sunday, December 15, 2013

It's grey, raining and just fantastic! !!

This is a very boring picture.  Grey, raining and just fantastic!  We're home in Sweden to the most boring weather of all but we LOVE it! It's so nice to eat food haha. Swedish housemanskost...pizza, real McDonald's,  Max lyxshake and yesterday...oven baked salmon with CHEESE and boiled potatoes.  We even snuck down some hot dogs at Frankfurt airport. 

I'm so grateful to be home! For the first time in my life I love everything about my country.  Tjohoo!!...and coming home for Christmas is like seriously the best.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Crying baby to relax

I read this one today and like the final punchline...the baby would like to relax by having a good cry.
Nice...well...maybe not if you ask the parents...but what to do  

Crying for apparently no reason at all
 
Sometimes though you have taken care of all your baby's basic needs, she just will not stop crying. Some studies indicate that four out of five babies have daily crying sessions lasting from 15 minutes to an hour for no apparent reason. These crying jags usually occur in the evening that tends to be the busiest time of the day. There may be a lot of noise and activity as the rest of the family returns home and prepares to settle down for the evening. Babies often cannot tolerate this heightened hustle and bustle. For the baby it could be the end of a tiring day, taking in new sights, sounds and smells. After the sensory overload, the baby would like to relax by having a good cry.

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Marilyn = Merlin...of course

During my visit to the hospital this week, I met a fantastic nice and "magical" nurse (woman). Since we talked a lot I notice her namebadge...Merlin.

- Is that your name?!! wow!!
- Yes
- Do you know how Merlin is? It's a famous wizard.
- Yes, my dad named me after HER
- But Merlin is a man....(did they mistake the spelling...hmm..Merlin...Märrlinn..Marilyn....hmm). That's a really cool name and I wonder if you do your "magic" here?
- (giggle)

This incident made me wonder, did her father think of Marilyn Monroe, but missed the spelling "just a tad" making his daughter the world's most famous male wizard instead. Hahaha.. I think it's hysterical. I'm imagining the Indian pronounciation....Märrlinn



Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Expect the unexpected

This is a prime example of unexpected things that happen here in India.  This brand new Pril is too watery,  ie someone has opened it a taken some of the content and filled it with water.  Think I'm joking? ..it's not the first time it happens.  Baby shampoo or water bottles are other instances.

On all bottled water is written "crush after use" just to make sure no one refills and sells the water.

Donations for teeth repair fund accepted

Since June, I have had lots of problems with my teeth, a dentist fixed a new cavity and then I had to do root canal treatment in that tooth and another. Since pain is still there, and a front tooth has chipped, and my night guard is broken..... I will (very fun) spend part of Xmas vacation in Sweden going to the dentist.

So basically, donations accepted for my newly established teeth repair fund...(little sarcastic)...going to the dentist in Sweden is very expensive and you have to pay up..."what to do"...It will be ok, but I dread it.